Road ministry awards 2257 km roads; constructs 4,989 km until December 31, 2025: Annual Report 2025-26

This reflects a considerable slowdown in the pace of awarding and construction of national highways in the country which could impact the targets set for 2025-26 when the full year data for FY’26 is available. As per the report, the ministry has already utilized 83.39% or Rs 2.27 lakh crore of the total budgetary capital outlay of Rs 2.72 lakh crore for…

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• This reflects a considerable slowdown in the pace of awarding and construction of national highways in the country which could impact the targets set for 2025-26 when the full year data for FY’26 is…
• As per the report, the ministry has already utilized 83.39% or Rs 2.27 lakh crore of the total budgetary capital outlay of Rs 2.72 lakh crore for 2025-26 till December 31, 2025.

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• vailable. As per the report, the ministry has already utilized 83.39% or Rs 2.27 lakh crore of the total budgetary capital outlay of Rs 2.72 lakh crore for 2025-26 till December 31, 2025. This reflects a considerable…
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Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• This reflects a considerable slowdown in the pace of awarding and construction of national highways in the country which could impact the targets set for 2025-26 when the full year data for FY’26 is…
• As per the report, the ministry has already utilized 83.39% or Rs 2.27 lakh crore of the total budgetary capital outlay of Rs 2.72 lakh crore for 2025-26 till December 31, 2025.